MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS USING BASE STATION CONTROLLED OPTIMIZATION OF ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SELECTION PARAMETERS, TERMINALS WITH ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM, AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A mobile communications terminal, comprisinga transmitter configured to provide signals for uplink transmission in a network,a plurality of antennas configured to cooperate with the transmitter to transmit signals for communications with a base station in the network,a non-transitory memory configured to store antenna selection instructions for use in selecting which of the antennas to cooperate with the transmitter to transmit signals,a processor configured to execute antenna selection instructions from the memory to determine selecting of respective antennas, anda receiver configured to receive from a base station signals representing one or more parameters and/or settings for use in antenna selection instructions executed by the processor in determining selecting of respective antennas for transmission.
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Abstract
A mobile communications terminal with plural antennas for uplink communications with a network base station in a cell, uses an adaptive antenna selection algorithm to select antennas. A method of operating a mobile communications terminal. The cell operator or base station provides parameters and/or settings to the terminal to determine algorithm behavior in selecting antennas, for example, according to operative characteristics of signals in uplink communications in the network, operation of the terminal, and/or network conditions. A communications method includes sending from a base station one or more parameters and/or settings for a terminal to select which of plural antennas of the terminal to use transmitting signals to the base station. A base station transmits to terminals one or more such parameters and/or settings for use in the adaptive antenna selection algorithm to select antennas for transmitting signals to the base station.
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29 Claims
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1. A mobile communications terminal, comprising
a transmitter configured to provide signals for uplink transmission in a network, a plurality of antennas configured to cooperate with the transmitter to transmit signals for communications with a base station in the network, a non-transitory memory configured to store antenna selection instructions for use in selecting which of the antennas to cooperate with the transmitter to transmit signals, a processor configured to execute antenna selection instructions from the memory to determine selecting of respective antennas, and a receiver configured to receive from a base station signals representing one or more parameters and/or settings for use in antenna selection instructions executed by the processor in determining selecting of respective antennas for transmission.
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15. A method of selecting respective antennas in a mobile communications terminal that has a plurality of antennas to transmit signals, comprising
receiving from a remote source in a network signals representing one or more parameters and/or settings for use in determining respective antennas to transmit signals, processing an adaptive antenna selection algorithm associated with the mobile communications terminal using one or more of the parameters and/or settings to determine respective antennas to transmit signals, and using the results of the processing, selecting a respective antenna.
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23. A communications method, comprising
sending from a base station one or more parameters and/or settings for use by a terminal in a process to select which of a plurality of antennas in the terminal to use in transmitting signals from the terminal.
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27. A base station for a mobile communications cell for communicating in a network with one or more terminals in the cell,
wherein a terminal in the cell may have a plurality of antennas that are respectively selectable to transmit signals (to the base station), comprising a base station transmitter and antenna configured to transmit to terminals in the cell one or more parameters and/or settings representative of characteristics of the base station, cell and/or respective terminals in the cell for use in selecting respective selectable antennas in a terminal for transmitting signals to the base station.
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